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What Is Your Stress Tolerance? How Much Do You Make?

You have the highest stress levels 25-34 years, with a steep drop after 55.

Women experience greater levels of stress.

Stress levels decrease with greater education and higher income.

WEALTHIEST ZIP CODES: The top five zip codes in America with the highest average income probably won’t surprise you: three of the five are in New York City, while one is in Miami Beach.

Washington, D.C. 20510 ranks as the wealthiest zip code in the District, with an average income of $191,818.

Maryland, Gibson Island, 21056 has an average income of $450,012.

Virginia, Roanoke 24005 has an average income of $394,400

Florida, Miami Beach 33109 with a stunning $2,180,105 in average income.

New York City has the wealthiest zip code (10104), with an average income of $2,976,929.

HOW MUCH DO YOU MAKE? Nearly 73% of full-time workers aren’t comfortable with the idea of discussing their pay with anyone at work other than their boss or the HR department. Only 13% said they’d be “completely comfortable” with sharing such information more broadly, recognizing that it might offer workers better leverage in negotiations. The remaining 14% or so said they would be comfortable discussing their salaries with close colleagues, but not their wider team.

Women were slightly more uncomfortable than men with the idea of sharing what they make, despite what they might stand to gain from doing so. About 74.5% of the women in the sample said they were uncomfortable talking about it with anyone other than a supervisor or HR, compared with 70% of the men.

There was a little more variation, meanwhile, among age groups. Respondents aged 25 to 34 were most likely to welcome the idea of talking openly about their pay. 34% said they were either completely comfortable with it or would do so with close colleagues, compared to 27% of all ages surveyed.